The View from Squirrel Ridge

I've rarely had luck with growing plants from seed, although my morning glories usually do nicely once they get started. But this year t...

We were in Middletown when we saw a really old house for sale. It clearly needed some repair. It real estate terms the house "needs TLC...

Great North Mountain Seen from Sky Chalet Lane Basye, VA At the crest of the ridge on the left side of the photo is the radio tower complex ...

This beautiful valley is easily reached from Harrisonburg by heading west of U.S. 33. You have to cross North Fork Mountain so allow extra t...

Having spent a little time looking at the map before we went to West Virginia, I knew that we would be near Germany Valley. I remembered fro...

I saw this sign in West Virginia along U.S. 33 near Germany Valley. Someone felt creative when naming the roads there. Another one sported t...

When I was a child, my parents took us to Spruce Knob, West Virginia's highest peak. My dad took home movies of us up there, including a...

Bright Clouds Over Spruce Knob As I looked through the viewfinder, I saw the trees and sky darken as the lens faced this portion of sky wh...

Spruce Knob, West Virginia This trail runs just below the summit. Here you can see which way the wind blows. The branches on the spruce...

High up on Spruce Knob, there's a short trail from the parking lot to the tower at the summit. Take a sweater or jacket -- there's ...

The route to Spruce Knob is clearly marked so you can find it from the main road. It's a paved road, but I wouldn't haul a trailer o...

Pendleton County, WV

A Tuscarora Quartzite Formation in West Virginia Someone has quite a view from their home! Fortunately for the rest of us, motorists can vie...

We went for a scenic drive Thursday through nearby West Virginia. I pulled off at a roadside park near Petersburg to take a look at the clif...

Looking toward the end of the Massanutten Mountains from Park Road

We came across the Strasburg Municipal Park last weekend. It has a boat ramp on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, although the water ...

Oops! Someone forgot to take their tire with them. (South Fork at Bixler's Bridge, Page County, VA)

Shenandoah River, Page County VA Near the intersection of Bixler's Ferry Road and Egypt Bend Road is a public boat landing. Here you can...

I came across an intriguing statement in a local history book called Regards to Broadway . It says that the Brethren Church met in 1857 in V...